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[quote=Anonymous]PP here - I was getting annoyed at the formatting, so am breaking my response into two.

In terms of facilities, the school itself is relatively new - like less than 10 years old I think - so it's still light and bright.  But we've already outgrown it and do have a chunk of "relocatables" (trailers) in the back.  I think all the fifth graders are in a giant trailer pod, but I'm not certain of that.  In order to make room for the fifth K class a few years ago, the school lost the computer lab, but now the school is wi-fi wired and everyone works on laptops in their home classes, which seems potentially better to me (no time wasted moving in the halls).  There is a beautiful art room, but because of the number of kids/classes not everyone gets to use it - when we were in K the art teacher "pushed in" with a cart to do work directly in our room.

Because of the trailers we have lost a little playground room, but the field is still very sizeable and that doesn't seem to be an issue at all.  I am more concerned, in terms of crowding, about accommodating all the kids at lunch time - because the cafeteria is only so big some kids have lunch very early or very late, which can play havoc with my son who has low blood sugar issues, but all the teachers do allow snacks so it's not like you never get to eat all day.

In terms of parent activity, we have a PTA that keeps winning awards for 100% participation, but i certainly don't see hundreds of parents at the meetings - I think it's easy to be involved if you want, but not everyone actually goes.  Parents have been generally polite, but I have noticed that at birthday parties or soccer games or just at events SAH parents tend to hang with each other and WOH parents tend to hang in their own group.  I think that's probably because the SAH  parents get friendly waiting for pickup (many people walk) and it's normal and natural, but as a WOH parent, I sometimes have felt left out.  Again, I have a feeling that happens everywhere, and isn't specific to Nottingham.

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